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Apr 09 2024
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Duneland school board rebrands online school started as response to pandemic
The Duneland School Board voted unanimously Monday night to change the name of the district’s online school from Trojan Virtual Academy to Northwest Indiana Online School. The rebranding has several goals as the virtual school moves into its fourth school year this fall. Director Christy Jarka explained the academy started as a response to the 2020 pandemic when 25% of Duneland School
Chicago TribuneApr 15 2024
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Eastside carbon emissions still below pre-pandemic levels, studies find
Greenhouse gas emissions from most Eastside cities remain below the highs seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analyses of 2022 emissions from Redmond, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Kirkland. Each of the cities began keeping track of emissions in different years, but this is the first time the cities have released their findings together and used the same methodologies to
The Seattle TimesApr 19 2024
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Jet fuel demand growth lags as air traffic exceeds pre-pandemic level
NEW YORK, April 19 (Reuters) - Global flight activity passed pre-pandemic levels for the first time in four years last week, but jet fuel demand growth has not kept apace as newer fleets of aircrafts become more fuel efficient and carry more passengers. Aviation fuel, a product refined from crude oil, has been the single biggest contributor to oil's post-pandemic bonanza, accounting for almost
ReutersApr 05 2024
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Protests, pandemics, and prices push Europe into reforming its Green Deal
In late 2019, the European Union kicked off its Green Deal with the aim of leading the world into a sustainable future. Then came Covid, surging inflation, broken supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. All of that elevated energy costs, protectionism and competition on the EU agenda, making the ambitious clean shift more politically and economically challenging. So while now should be
FortuneApr 09 2024
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White House, Senate Democrats unveil bill to battle pandemic aid fraud
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping, roughly $1.3 billion bill that would expand the federal government’s powers to find and prosecute pandemic fraud, as Washington scrambles to recover the federal aid stolen by scammers during the worst economic crisis in a generation. The measure, which would deliver on an earlier budget request from President Biden, arrived as the Justice
Washington PostApr 02 2024
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Why Oregon schools' pandemic recovery lags behind much of the nation
Sitting in his living room with his mom, fourth grader Judah Moisan holds up a post-it note where he's written the words "Priority," and "Frenzy."
They're song titles, he explains, for his first album with his future punk rock band, which will be called Siblings of War. Judah plays bass. Their band will be kind of like Green Day, he says, except made up of ten-year-olds instead of "old
NPR (Online News)Apr 25 2024
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US births saw notable decrease in 2023, marking end to late pandemic rebound, experts say
• In 2023, U.S. births declined, totaling just under 3.6 million babies, a decrease of about 76,000 from the previous year and the lowest since 1979. • Birth rates decreased across nearly all racial and ethnic groups in 2023. • Many U.S. couples desire more children but face obstacles such as housing, job security and childcare costs. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023,
Fox News DigitalApr 08 2024
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Outdoor gear industry facing challenges after “insane” post-pandemic growth
Across 30 years in downtown Golden, Bent Gate Mountaineering has withstood three economic downturns including the Great Recession of 2008 and the pandemic recession of 2020. The store, at 1313 Washington Ave., attracts customers ranging from serious mountaineers to tourists who buy T-shirts and rain ponchos for shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, but it’s facing increasing competition in the
The Denver PostApr 13 2024
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Hidalgo County settles lawsuit with family of man who died after pandemic arrest
A McAllen federal judge on Friday afternoon signed off on a confidential settlement between Hidalgo County, four deputies, two nurses and the family of a 22-year-old man who died after suffering a severe neck injury over an Easter weekend 2020 arrest for allegedly violating a local COVID-19 emergency order and public intoxication. U.S. District Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa approved the settlement
MyRGVNewsApr 06 2024
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CDC State of the Pandemic -- Early April, Hospitalizations and Deaths Continue to Fall
Not much new to report on since my last Covid Update four weeks ago, with the expected seasonal trend toward lower hospitalizations and deaths continuing apace. Weekly hospitalizations are now on track to record even lower levels than those reached during last year’s late spring/early summer nadir, and the weekly death toll is expected to follow suit in due course. The only real question at
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